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FRIDAY,
JANUARY
14,
103S.
THE
DAILrY
COURIER,
CONNELT^SVILLE.
PA'.
PAGBNINK
Coroners
Jury
Holds
Fairbank
WomaninMurder
Special
to
The
Courier.
UNIONTOWN,
Jan.
14.--,A
woman
was
held
to
await
action
of
the
grand
jury
on
a
charge
of
murder
and
two
men
were
exonerated
of.
all
responsibility
for
automobile
fatalities
as
the
result
of
a
coroner's
inquest
yesterday
afternoon
into
three
deaths.
Mrs.
Julia
Grabek,
35,
of
Fairbank,
a
prisoner
in
county
Jail,
faces
a
charge
of
murder
for
the
dcatli
of
her
husband,
Joseph
Grabck,
50,
from
,
knife
wounds
inflicted
during
an
altercation
in
their
home
Christmas
Eve..
John
Germuska,
56,
niso
of
Fair-
bankj
a
guest
in
the
Grabck
home
and
a
witness
to
the
stabbing,
told
the
jury
the
husband
came
into
the
room
and
"pulled
her
dress
oft
her
shoulders."
During
the
quarrel,
Germuska
said,
Grabek
"jumped
at
her"
a
number
oil
times.
Finally,
the
wife
lifted
a
knife
from
the
table
and,
when
he
jumped
towards
her
again,
she
plunged
the
weapon
into
his
left
side.
The
blade
pierced
the
kidney
to
result
in
peritonitis.
The
victim
was
taken
to
Uniontown
Hospital
January
2
where
he
died
two
days
later.
In
stories
first
told,
it
was
intimated
the
husband
suffered
his
injury
-when
he
fell
on
a
spike
while
chasing
pigs
into
a
sty.
Rumors
started
an
investigation
and
the]
woman's
subsequent
arrest
for
mur-;
dcr
by
County
Detective
John
C.
i
Wall.
.
Â·
j
Â·
Attorney
Alex
Z.
Goldstein
has
I
been
engaged
as
defense
counsel
by!
the
woman
prisoner
who,
it
was
said,
j
will
plead
self-defense.
!
Inquiry
was
made
into
the
death
of
j
John
Ix:mdecki,
74,
Flatwoods,
as
a
J
'result
of
injuries
received
Deccm^
|
.bcr
27
when
struck
by
a
machine
on
t
Route
51.
The
jury
found
the
man's'
death
was
due
to
"an
unavoidable
-accident"
and
exonerated
H.
K.
.Thompson,
Morgantown,
W.
Va.,
operator
of
the
car,
and
Mrs.
Mary
Thompson,
owner,
of
all
responsibility.
.
Investigation
was
made
by
Trooper
'J.
A.
Maggioncalde.
Death
of
John
Chlcbek,
51-year-
old
Evans
Manor
man,
was
also
due
to
an
"unavoidable
accident,"
the
jury
found
after
hearing
testimony
of
Trooper
H.
M.
Jnyncs,
investigating
officer,
and
several
other
witnesses.
John
Bcsak,
Mount
Braddock,
.driver
for
Mrs.
McAfee
of
Mac's
Barbecue,
who
was
operating
the
machine
when
it
struck'the
victim,
and
Mrs.
McAfee,
owner
of
the
vc-
hide,
wkcrc
exonerated
of
any
blame
lor
the
fatality.
J.
G.
Lewis.
Uniontown,
and
his
companion.
Miss
Ruth
Jordan,
Upper
Middletown,
who
were
driving
toward
Route
51,
near
Fairway
Inn,
]
testified
Besak
was
"operating
his
car
nt
a
reasonable
rate
ot
speed--about
30
miles
an
hour--when
we
heard
a
thud
and
saw
his
car
stop
just
below
j
the
intersection."
;
Â·,''
Trooper
Jaynes
said
the
body
"was
Just
six
feet
ot!
the
road
from
where
Jt
was
first
struck."
'..
Edgar
"Pappy"
Paterson,
Uniontown,
testified
he
hat)
been
driving
to
Connellsville
that
night
and
had
observed
a
man
standing
along
the
highway,
"one
foot
against
the
bank
ns
if
he
was
about
to
spring.",
His
attention
was
directed
to
the
man,
he
said,
because
the
pedestrian
was
without
an
overcoat
and
the
night
was
exceptionally
cold.
Privates
Jnynes
stated
the
driver
had
'told
him
"the
man
seemed
to
Jump
right
in
front
of
the
car."
v
On
order
of
Judge
Harry
A.
Cot,
torn.
Lcrcy
Cole
alias
Rope
ColÂ»,
arrested'
February
20,
I!)37,
by
Trooper
Albert
T.
Valentine
on
a
charge
of
maintaining
and
opcrnting
a
lottery
In
connection
with
the
"numbers"
game,
was
released
yesterday
from
his
one-year
parole.
Last
April
6.
Cole
had
been
sen-
fenced
by
Judge
Cottom
to
pay
costs
and
a
fine
of
$100
with
the
stipulation
that
it
the
fine
and
cor.ts
are
paid,
(he
defendant
would
be
released
fgrom
county
jail
on
a
one-
year
parole.
Tho
court
order
yesterday
discharges
Cole
from
being
governed
by
the
parole
provisions.
He
paid
the
$100
fine
and
costs
of
S40.B5
through
Dhis
counsel.
Attorney
H.
Vance
Cottom,
on
the
day
he
was
sentenced.
Wndbcr
School
Addition,
i
SOMERSET,
Jan.
14,--A
$47,000
WPA
project,
calling
for
construction
of
a
nine-room
addition
to
Wjndber
High
School
is
being
prepared
by
the
WPA
office.
iTvSt
to
Get
Unemployment
Compensation
Check
J.
D.
Shclton
receives
check
troin
B.
W.
Coson,
left,
ot
Louisiana
labor
department
An
unemployed
painter
of
Baton
Rouge,
La.,
J.
D.
Shclton,
37,
receives
the
first
chock
paid
In
'the
United
States
under
the
unemployment
compensation
program
established
by
the
federal
social
se-
curity
act.
B.
W.
Coson,
left,
commissioner
of
the
Louisiana
department
of
labor,
Is
personally
presenting
the
check
for
SH'.20
to
Mr.
Shclton.
whose
family
stands
at
his
side.
--Central
7*rei*
You're
Telling
Me!
By
WILLIAM
B1M
Central
Prcsa
Writer
JOE'S
BIRTHDA7
happened
again
the
other
day
and
on
the
morning
ot
that
historical
anniversary
Jc*
pointed
a
piece
of
breakfast
toaat
at
Mrs.
Joe
and
In
a
very
stem
voice
spoke
what
was
on
his
mind.
Â·
Â»
Â·
"This
year,"
aaid
Joe,
."I
don't
wont
you
to
be
pulling
any
surprise
birthday
parties
on
me.
1
think
the
whole
thing
la
silly.
Besides,
It
embarrasses
me.
Unless
you
promise
I
won't
como
home
from
the
cfflce
tonight,
but
Â«at
dinner
downtown."
Â·
*
*
"Have
It
your
way,"
said
Mrs.
Joe.
reluctantly,
for-she
would
Â·
rather
throw
a
party
than
attend
one.
"I
promise,"
Â·
*
Â·
'JoÂ«
kept
thinking
about
It
during
the
day,
however.
By
latÂ«
afternoon
ho
was
sure
Mrs.
Jo*
wouldn't
keep
her
promise--so
not
to
bo
caught
unprepared--he
decided
he'd
better
slick
up.
Â·
Â·
Â»
Ho
Icrt
the
office
early.
Bought
and
put
on
a
new
shirt
and
then
had
hla
favorite
barber
set
his
ears
out.
After
a
shoe
shine
and
a
shave
had
been
added
he
was
still
no
Gable,
taut
he
gmellcd
nice.
Â·
Â·
Â»
When
he
came
home
there
wasn't
anybody
there
but
Mrs.
Joe.
They
had
dinner
alone.
Joe
was
sure
the
gang
would
pop
in
some
time
during
the
evening.
By
10
o'clock
his
worst
feara
were
realized--Mrc.
Joe
had
stuck
to
her
promise,
there
was
to
be
no
party!
Â·
Â·
Â·
Â»
He
stormed
upstairs
end
went
straight
to
bed,
sore
as
a
boil.
To
this
day
Mrs.
Joo
doesn't
know
what
ailed
him.
Truxal
Funeral
Service.
SOMERSET,
Jan.
14.--The
funeral
service
for
Mrs.
Eva
Kooser
Truxal,
widow
ot
Rev.
Dr.
Albert
E.
Truxnl,
was
held
Thursday
afternoon
at
the
family
home
in
West
Union
street.
The
service
was
private
and
Rev.
Dr.
George
L.
Roth,
pastor
of'
the
Somerset
Reformed
Church,
was
the
officiating
minister.
Burial
was
in
Union
Cemetery.
Mrs.
Truxal
was
the
mother
of
Miss
Rebckah
Truxal,
a
teacher
in
the
Somerset
schools
and
a
former
mer.iber
of
the
Connellsville
High
School
faculty.
Diploma
Switch
Prophetic.
MEDFORD,
Mass.,
Jan.
14.--When
George
E.
Hunt
and
Alice
E.
Palmer,
classmates,
were
graduated
from
Tufts
College
Medical
School
in
1894,
he
was
awarded
her
diploma
and
she
.his.
The
error
proved
prophetic.
They
married
later
and
now
at
71
and
70,
respectively,
live
in
Loa
Angeles.
Coaster's
Skull
Fractured.
SOMERSET,
Jan.
14--Said
to
have
crashed
into
an
automobile
driven
by
Tilford
Pyle
of
Jcnncrs
while
sled
riding,
Charier.
Turncy,
seven,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jimcs
Turney
of
Balphton,
suffered
a
fracture
of
the
skull
and
was
taken
to
a
Johnstown
hospital.
Â·T
ConraellsvilSe
Fruit
Mkt
136
North
Pittsburg
Street
Wo
Deliver!
Phone
106
For
Better
Fruits
and
Vegetables
WEEK
END
SPECIALS
F
R
U
I
T
S
Large
Texas
Seedless
Grapefruits,
each
......
uc
Tree
.Ripened
Ploriila
Omnjres
(250
size)
doz.
ISc
,
Box
_
_
82.25
Large
Tangerines
(sweet
and
juicy)
15c
doz.,
$1.35
lx
Suukliit
Oranges,
2
dozen
_
25c
Apples
(Stnj-mnn
Â°\Vinosiip
or
DeUcloiis(
llÂ»s.
2"c
Bushel
$1.3!)
"Winter
IJnnnmi.
or
Rome
Beauty,
(i
lit.
25c--i?1.15
bus.
V
E
G
E
T
A
B
L
E
S
(,'iilJfoniia
Carrots,
bunch
....
"oiv
Beels,
bunch
.,
Hot
House
Klinljnrb,
Ib..
.Orcen
1'ens,
2
His
'Broccoli,
bunch
_
'nncy
Elbe
Tomntoes,
Ib.
,
Also--Strawberries,
Avocados,
Eggplant,
French
Endive,
Squash,
Cucumbers,
Peppers,
Mushrooms,
Endive,
Radishes,
Grceii
Onious,
Pasenl
Celery,
Cauliflower.
Spinach,
Leaf
Lettu"Â»
and
mnny
others.
SEE
OUtt
TOSl'LAY
BEFORE
TOO
BUY!
_JVcl)rlivor!
Vhom-
10(i
A
Church-Going
Squirrel
The
Rev.
Clyde
Herbert
Snell
was
in
the
midst
of
his
sermon
at
his
fashionable
Washington
Heights
M.
E.
Church,
in
Now
York
City,
when
a
squirrel
started
to
use
a
chandelier
as
a
merry-fro-roand.
A
police
emer.
ecncy
Kjtisd
and
the
S.
P.
C.
A.
worked
the
better
part
of
Â»n
hour
before
they
caught
it.
At
that,
one
sf
the
cops
wns
bitten
on
the
nose.
Here
U
one
of
the
most
exciting
momenta
in
the
chase.
-'06
North
Pittsburg
Street
Phone
679.
to
flatten
your
1
figure
By
far,
S
p
r
I
n
g-'
s
smartest
combination
.
.
.
sllra
back
frocks
with
crisp
white
trims
...
dresses
truly
chic!
Your
blnck
-
with
white
is
here!
ALL,
,
the
NfiWEST
Spring
i
styles!
W
If..;.
t
Â·
SUM
ONE-PIECE!
Â·VOUNG
BOLEROS:
Â·
MISSES-
SIXES!
BARCLAY
ON
BRIDGE
WRITTEN
FOB
CENTRAL
PRESS
By
S
h
e
p
a
r
d
B
a
r
c
l
a
y
Tho
Authority
on
AuUtorltte*"
SAVE
YOUR
HONOR
-COVER
AN
HONOR
with
an
honor"
IB
ordinarily
pretty
good
brldga
when
the
purpose
la
to
moke
your
opponent
como
up
with
a
still
higher
one
or
wnsto
a
trump
by
ruffing.
But
It
you
know
that
your
partner
In
to
position
to
ruff
an
honor
led
nt
your
right,
with
a
little
trump
which
otherwise
would
bo
useless
to
him,
there
la
no
point
In
wasting
your
own
high
honor,
the
removal
of
which
would
sot
up
the
remainders
of
the
opponent's
Â·mlt
,
.
4
K
8
7
0
V
K
1
0
8
6
2
4
K
Q
J
5
^1064
(Dealer:
WoÂ»t.
Neither
side
vulnerable.)
Hero
EÂ«Â«t
and
West
reached
a
contract
oÂ£
8-dubs
attcr
an
open
bid
by
West
of
1-Hcart;
2-DIa-
monds
by
East,
2-No
Trumps
by
West,
3-Clubs
by
East,
3-No
Trumps
by
West,
Â·i-Clubs
by
East,
B
by
West
and
6
by
East.
South
led
the
diamond
K
and,
when
this
waa
allowed
to
hold,
coi.Unued
with
the
J.
East
won
this
and
ted
the
diamond
10.
South
foolishly
covered
this,
setting
up
the
balance
of
the
diamonds
In
East's
hand.
The
diamond
was-
rufted
with
dummy's
Q
-and
the
icarfA'lald
down.
This
was
fol-
"
;owcd
by
the
heart
Q,
and,'
as
hÂ«
lad
no
other
chance'
to,
discard
his
losing
spade,
East
took,
the
chance
that
North,
held
the
heart
K,
-
so-
discarded
the-
losing
spade.
The
rcmilalng
trumps
were
drawn
and,as
the
diamonds
were
established,
East
claimed
the
rest
of
the
trlckt.
South
made
It
simple
tor
.East
when
he
covered
that
diamond,
Had
he
not
done
so,
the
contract
could
have
been
act,
for
East
would-
have
bad
to
use
a
bump
honor
and
later
another
trump
honor,
to
prevent
an
overrun*
by
North.
.
Thin.
would
have
established
South'!
club
ten
aa
a
winner.
.
.
.
.
'
Â·
.
*
Â·
Â·
Tomorrow's
Problem
4
K
B
6
3
2
41053
4
.
K
J
5
4
4
A
Q
J
1
0
Â»
None
4
Â»
K
Q
J
Â»
8
6
4
4,83
Â»
A
Q
J
10876
5
Â»
NÂ»mea
Unlontown
Twicher.
UNIONTOWN,
Jan.
14.--Harry
F.
Garner
of
Mount
Lebanon,'
"University
of.
Pittsburgh
graduate,
was
elected
a
member
ot
Benjamin
Franklin
Junior
High
School
faculty
and
will
teach
junior
business
training
to
fill
a
1
vacancy.-..
Thrce-ln-One-Planc
Appears.
LONDON,
Jan.
14,--A
small
twin-
engined
.
British
plane,
now
on
the
market,
can
be
converted
for
any
one
of
three
distinct
uses
in
half
an
hour."
It
is
designed
for
use
ai
t
'a
flvc-pnssengcr
aircraft,
a
freighter
or
an
air
ambulance.
'
4
8
7
8
V
K
8
4
4
None
7
6
2
(Dealer:
North.
East-West
vulnerable.)
Â·
Â·
.
-
Â·
East
bid
1-Dlarnond,
South
Â«-..
Henrta,
West
5-ClubÂ».
What
'should
North
doT
.
War
Ribbons
Banned.
JOHNANNESBURC,
Jan.
14.-South
African
rallwaymen
are
indignant
at
an
order
oÂ£
the
Railways
Administration
forbidding
those
of
hem
who
ore
cx-sorvlcc
men
to
wear
their
medal
ribbons
on
duty.
They
describe
the
order
as
"nil
nt-
;cmpt
to
belittle
their
war
honors."
British
Women
Healthier.
LONDON,
Jan.
14.--Women
longer
than
men
in
England
Wales,
the
Registrar-general's
live
and
sta-
tistical
review
ol
Kngland
and
Wales
tor
1930,
just
issued,
reveals.
Figures
giving
ages
of
people
at
their
deaths
prove
the
safest
years
of
life
arc
between
the
aBes
of
10
and
14,
-
REDEEM
YOUR
S.Â£
ft
GREEN
STAMP
BOOKS
FOR
MERCHANDISE
Lot
Men's
Lost
Colonies
In
Monument.
BERLIN,
Jan.
14.--A
dying
antelope,
reared
in
agony
on
its
hind
legs,
head
thrown
back,
a
throwing
spear
piercing
its
side,
is
the
form
taken
by
a
monument
to
Germany's
"lost
colonies"
which
has
just
been
completed
in
Mannheim.
200
North
Pittsburg
Street'
Phone
679.
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